Montag, 14. März 2016

Amed - A Jewel in eastern Bali

Bay of Jemeluk - House Reef of Amed Scuba

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Amed Scuba - Wellcome in Bali

Turtle in the US. Liberty in Tulamben

Amed Scuba Dive Center is situated in the
north east of Bali facing out across the sea towards
Lombok. Amed and Bunutan Village in Karangasem regency is like a jewel
in eastern Bali. The Amed and Bunutan area is often referred to as the
"REAL" Bali. This place is inimitable blend of culture and nature,
surrounded by friendly local people. We are
only a two hour drive from the hustle and bustle of Kuta and Denpasar
but the difference is remarkable. Amed and Bunutan area has quality

that
still offers a sense of tranquility and authenticitiy of Bali just how
it uded to be 50 years ago. Time is not measured in hours and
weeks here but by the setting and rising of the sun and the appearance
of the full moon. By the gentle sea breezes of the dry season and the
monsoonal downpours of the wet season. Here life continues onwards as it
always has done - with a calmness and tranquility that leaves the mind
and body soothed and peaceful.

Amed`s greatest charm is its
wide range and variety of sites. You can dive on a shipwreck, vertical
drop-offs, and pretty coral gardens and over sand slopes in a smooth drift dive.
You will see unforgettable and for this island single hard coral formations
substitute by a variety of colourful soft corals and marine life.

The shallow slopes are highly
recommended for beginners and for snorklers because the beautifully corral
gardens reaches directly under the surface and in the bay of Amed you will find
no current. Therefore the bay is perfect for children as well! The visibility is
usually very good (over 40 meters) because the volcano stones of the beach keep
the water crystal-clear and gemstone blue. You can start your dives directly
from the beach and in the water you will find a splendid diversity of tropical
fauna which includes next to the corals huge sponges, gorgonians, nudibranch and
fishes. You will hear sweetlips and parrotfish making crazy noises under the
water when they pick a coral for example or you see all these colourful reef
fish like groups of surgeonfish and many more.

Amed offers excellent dive
sites for training dives and shows all the beauty for experienced divers as
well. The magnificent reef of Jemeluk which covers the total wide of the beach
grounds starts directly in front of our dive school. If you enter the
crystal-clear water you find a flat bottom lagoon for instruction and a
drop-off, only a five minute swim away. This area can be highly recommended for
introductory dives. And even if you are an experienced diver you will find along
the wall always something new on each dive, no matter how many times you will
dive here. It is a spectacular site for night dives as well.

The wall falls down until app.
30 meters and it is covered with a variety of colourful hard and soft corals

Amed Scuba Leavefish

.
You will see 3 meter gorgonian fans which are open in the smooth current to take
there dinner and huge sponges with jumping craps and shrimps. There is a
splendid diversity of big and small tropical fishes which include for example
angelfish, batfish, barracuda, butterflyfish, napoleonfish, lionfish, parrotfish
and Bumphead Parrotfish as well. Octopus shows us there talent to change there
colour and we will see colourful nudibranch like Chromodoris and Phyllidia
species. With a little luck you will discover Spanish Dancers and the Pink
Nudibranch. This dive is recommended for all level of divers. You will dive
against a very smooth currant in a dept of app. 20 meters along the wall and you
come back with the current in shallower water to the point where you have been
started.

Turtles are quite ofte in Amed and Jemeluk

2. Amed Ghost Bay

The coral garden reaches
directly under the surface and follows a sandy slope until we reach the drop-off
of app. 40 meters. In shallow water (on the sandy slope) the Indonesian
government designated on concrete blocks a conservation area to rebuild the
corals which were damaged before. Here you will see the coral growing and lots
of fishes and “critters”. In the sand slope you can see blue spotted rays.
blacktip and whitetip reef sharks sleep under Table Corals. Along the wall we
find intact magnificent and colourful hard and soft corals.

Sometimes there can be a
current. For this smooth drift dive we are using local outriggers called jukung.
These local fishing boats will follow us while we are diving and pick us up at
the end of our dive to bring us back to the beach. This dive is recommended for
beginners and experienced divers.

Foto Fabio Strazzi, at the Muckdiving places around Amed

3. Bunutan

Along a shallow slop which
falls down from five until app. 40 meters you dive with a sometimes strong
current. You will discover an eel garden and wonderful coral formation.

In 28 meters you will find an
interesting wall which shows us lots of different hard and soft corals. When we
go with the current we can see schools of barracudas, boxfish, puffers, lionfish
and whitetip and blacktip reef sharks. The boat will follow the experienced
divers while the drift.

4. Japanese
Shipwreck

Viktoria Kleyer, Japanese Wreck

South of Amed in a little bay
you will find a small steel and wooden shipwreck. We don’t know anything about
the history of this wreck but we can highly recommend diving this site.

The freighter lies in shallow
water from 3 until 15 meters. It is wonderful encrusted with colourful christmas
trees, soft corals, gorgonians and black corals. You will see lots of big and
small reef fish which have found a home inside the freighter. The rich variety
of colourful species makes this dive site so special. Also the area around the
boat is rich of species like nudibranch, lobster, barracuda, tuna and lots of
colourful reef fishes. Because we will find always a little current in this
place a boat will follow the divers and pick them up at the end of the dive.
This dive site is also recommended for beginners.

5. Gili
Selang and Batu Ksenie

Christine Sbick, Coral Garden in Gili Selang

Gili Selang
is for me one of the most beautiful dive sites in Bali and in the world! But it
is not possible to dive here as beginner because you will find a strong rotate
up- and down current like in a washing machine. And this dive is also only
possible if the conditions are good! We reach the dive site with a traditional
Balinese outrigger called jukung. The small island Gili Selang is divided from
Bali through an only five meter deep channel.

North of the island is a
shallow lagoon where we start our dive. Here you will find a marine life which
is virtually untouched. This underwater world offers a rich array of fish and
hard and soft coral which you see nowhere else. The lagoon is only 18 meters
deep and you will notice similar no current. If you leave the lagoon to dive
around the island

Coral Garden in Gili Selang

you find a wall falling down in the deep blue. Sometimes you
will find here a very strong up and down current. You should be an experienced
diver to stand this washing machine! With a little luck you can see here
hammerhead sharks as well.

6. Seraya and MelastiAre the famous Muckdiving places around Amed. Melasti is a holy ceremonial place of the Hindus in Amed and famous for there groups of Harlequin shrimps and Nudibranches everywhere. North of Amed on the way to
Tulamben you find Seraya. We start the dive from the boat. In only five meters
small coral formation and white hydrozoans grow on black lava stones and sponges
as well. You will find here a countless number of small marine lives. You will
see different kind of colourful

Foto Fabio Strazzi, Muckdiving in Amed

nudibranch, different kind of seahorses (like
Pygmy Seahorses, Thorny Seahorses or Kuda Seahorse or Ghost Pipefish) and a lot
of colourful reef fishes as well. It is a spectacular dive site for mug diving
like in Secret Bay or in Monkey Reef! It is highly recommended for underwater
photographers!

Batu Kelebit is a beautiful
place to dive and can be only reached by the traditional Balinese outrigger
sailing boats called Jukung. Batu Kelebit is situated between Amed and Tulamben
in front of a steep cliff, which offers no way on foot to the sea. If you like
dive sites with lots of soft and hard coral, gorgonians, and plenty of
macro-scale life, where you can see big animals as well as fantastic underwater
structure you will love this place! Here you will find one of the best dive
sites of Bali!

Hope to see you in Amed! The team of Amed Scuba Diving Center wish you a great holiday! For further information please contact me!Christine´s e-mail: halloscuba@yahoo.comhttp://www.amedscubabali.com

It would be a huge pleasure for us to take you for some safe dives around Amed, Tulamben, Kubu, Candi Dasa, Menjangan, PJ, Gili Manuk, or Nusa Penida.